Position in chronology
AUCT 4, 053
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249610.
Transliteration
4(disz) sila3 kasz szu ti-a ib-ni-amar-utu nig2#-su# ib-ni-amar-utu [...]-bu#? iti udru u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam mu alan [szud3-szud3?-de3] ib-ni-amar-utu dub-sar ARAD [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 053. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P249610) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249610..
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